Originally Published on: AUG, 2017.
Aastha, a 26 year old middle class woman, who is hard-working, honest and does anything for her family, is getting married. Her promised future is infront of her, everything is going on as planned until the last second before tying the knot, and everyone hears the word "Stop".
It is the end of her marriage!
A man (Nayan), probably around her age, stops her marriage. Everything after that goes in blur as her Groom leaves as if she had betrayed him, and Police comes in to arrest the person who sabotaged her life.
Feeling hurt, humiliation, embarrassment, and rage, Aastha plans something crazy and goes to police station to make a deal, a secret deal that won't be revealed to anyone.
When Aastha finds out the real reason behind Nayan's action for ruining her marriage, she accepts Nayan as her husband. Nevertheless, Nayan has some other plans. Those plans do not include Aastha. He has plans to leave everything behind. He attempts to push her away through his sarcastic comments, but Aastha is as stubborn as him.
She confesses her love, but she is rejected. Nayan realizes he had made a big mistake by letting her go but he thinks it's better for her own good.
Days passes by, all her love and fantasies crashes away when she discovers that he disappeared leaving a letter addressed to her. The real reason behind his departure becomes known when his parents and his friends arrive. She becomes numb knowing the bitter truths about Nayan.
She couldn't sit and wait for him to come home. With few clues of where he can be, she starts a mission, a mission to find her husband.
What are the reasons for Nayan's disappearance? Will Aastha accept him after knowing everything?
As Claire aims to leave her oppressive stepfamily behind, she befriends Zion. Will he be her ticket to freedom or a distraction in achieving her dreams?
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Claire Olsen has had a crush on Zion Petrakis since the first time she laid eyes on him, but he never noticed, instead only having eyes on the school's it girl, Maddie Jennings. Knowing she couldn't compete with Maddie, Claire hid her feelings for Zion, satisfied with admiring him from afar. However, when a series of events led Claire closer to Zion, her feelings for him grew from infatuation to love. And despite fighting hard to keep her feelings contained by distancing herself from Zion, he was determined to show her that he's earned a spot in her life.
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